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*ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI,  PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA* *MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020*   1. Fellow Nigerians  2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. 3. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some three million confirmed cases of COVID nineteen have been recorded globally with about nine hundred thousand recoveries. Unfortunately, some two hundred thousand people have also diedpassed away as a result of this pandemic.  4. The health systems and economies of many nations continue to struggle as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.  5. Nigeria continues to adopt and adapt to these new global realities on a daily basis. This evening, I will present t...

TEXT OF PRESS BRIEFING BY THE GOVERNOR OF OGUN STATE,  HIS EXCELLENCY, PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN MFR,  ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT  TO CURB FURTHER SPREAD OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC,  HELD ON FRIDAY, 17TH APRIL, 2020 We will all recall that from 27th February 2020, when Nigeria recorded its index case in Ogun State of a 44-year-old Italian who came for an official duty in Nigeria, the State has recorded 9 positive cases.  And I am elated to note that, between Wednesday and Thursday this week, three additional individuals have been given a clean bill of health and discharged from one of our Isolation Centres to join their families and resume their normal life, thus bringing the total number of discharged individuals to six. This means that presently, we have only 3 active cases and they are being treated by our doctors and other healthcare workers in one of our Isolation and Treatment Centres. As a Government and people, we are thankful to God a...